NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Phillips 66 will

begin shuttering its 139,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Los

Angeles-area refinery in September, people familiar with the

matter said.

The Los Angeles-area refinery will begin winding down

operations for permanent closure as early as next week, two

sources said.

Phillips 66 announced last year it would close the facility and

begin winding down operations by October 2025.

"The refinery units will begin idling by Q4 2025 as

planned... our timeline remains unchanged," a company

spokesperson said in an emailed statement on Thursday. The

company did not provide a more detailed timeline but noted that

the process of idling the facilities requires a complex,

multi-phased approach.

The company is expected to lay off most workers at the refinery

in December. The Los Angeles-area facility has about 600

employees and 300 contractors. Over half of the employees are

hourly workers represented by the United Steelworkers Union.

The company declined to comment on the status of our

employees.